Disk-record container for phonographs



A. G. BLOCKER. DISK RECORD CONTAINER FOR PHONOGRAPHS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20, I92I- v 1 419 47 I Patented June 113, 1922.

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A TTORIIIE V8 A. G. BLO-CKER.

D lSK RECORD CONTAINER FOR PHONOGRAPHS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20. 1921.

1,4:1 9,487. Pate ted June 13, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- A TTOR/VE Y8 ANDREN GEORGE BLOC/KER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DISK-RECORD CONTAINER FOR EHONOGRAPHSi iniaesa Application filed August 20, 1921. Serial No. 493,776.

T 0 all 107mm it may concern Be it known that 1, ANDREW G. BLooKun, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disk- Record Containers for Phonographs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a disk record container for phonographs.

The object of the invention is to provide a container adapted to be mounted in an or-v dinary phonograph of the cabinet type construction, and also adapted to receive a relatively large number of records.

It is also an object of the invention that the disk records be supported by the con tainer in such a manner that they will not be subject to breakage or becoming scratched or otherwise marred.

It is a further object of the invention that each record be individually held by'the container and easily removed from the container or positioned therein.

It is a still further object of the invention thatthe container be adapted to perinit identifying means for the records to be used so that any record may be quickly found.

Other objects and objects relating to details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts will hereinafter appear in the detail description to follow.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1. is a perspective view of a phonograph of the cabinet type and illustrating a disk record container constructed in accordance with the present invention mounted in the phonograph,

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same illustrating the manner in which the pocket-disk forming the container is positioned for supportingthe records,

Figure 3 is a partial vertical sectional view of the container and also illustrating the manner in which the upper end of a con tainer is turnably held,

Figure dis a plan view of one of the pocket disks,

Figure 5 is a detail vertical sectional view illustrating' the manner in which the container is turnably supported.

Figure 6 is a detail view illustrating the insert for a disk pocket to permit record disksof small diameter to be stored in the container.

Referring to the drawings more particularly, A indicates generally a phonograph of the ordinary cabinet construction and which is provided with the usual pair of cabinet doors 10 adapted to form a closure for the record cabinet B.

In carrying out the present invention a multiplicity of disks 12, as best shown in Figure 4, are provided, each disk being formed with a substantially U-shaped recess 13 to serve as a pocket for a disk phonograph record. Each leg 14c formed by the U-shaped recess has its peripheral edge formed with an arcuate recess as at 15 and the like edge of the bridge portion 16 formed by the U-shaped recess 13 is likewise formed with an arcuate recess 17. Also the pocket disk 12 is provided with four holes 18 which are equally spaced and positioned adjacent the periphery thereof as shown. The pocket disk 12 is preferably made of pasteboard or other material which will not mar or scratch the surface of a record, and the U- shaped recess 13 of each pocket disk is of suflicient size to accommodate the largest of the records ordinarily used or manufactured.

In constructing the container a multiplicity of pocket disks 12 are superposed and in laying one disk upon the other each succeeding disk is arranged so that its U-shaped recess or pocket 13 will be disposed at 90 with respect to the adjacent disk and in this way having the pockets 13 of the disk to occur in vertical rows, four in number as shown in Figure 1. Also as is obvious by this arrangement between each adjacent pair of recesses or pockets 13 occurring in eac row there will. occur three layers or thicknesses of the disk 12 as shown in Figure 1. The pocket disks 12 are of course arranged so that the holes 18 will register and through these holes there is extended rods 19, said rods also extending through a top plate 20, and a bottom plate 21 and thus clamping together the multiplicity of pocket disks 12 to form the record container.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2 a phonograph disk record 22 may be slid or positioned in each of the pockets 13 of the difierent rows before mentioned. The disks 21 will thus be arranged one over the other in each of the rows and the space 23 occurring between the adjacent disk may be utilized for a name plate or other means for identifying the different records.

In mounting the container within the pho nograph it is of course necessary that the same shall be rotatable, and it is also desirable that the container be adapted to remain in a position so that one of the rows of the records will at all times be presented for withdrawal. In carrying out this I mount upon the bottom of the cabinet B a plate 3a which is provided with a cup 25 having a am surface in the bottom thereof with four depressions as at 26. To the lower end of the container or plate 21, I secure a plate 27 which carries a boss 28 adapted to be received by the cup 25. Between the boss 28 and the bottom surface of the cup member 25 1 interpose four steel balls 30, a semispherical recess being provided in the lower end of the boss 28 for each ball as shown in Figure 5. Between the upper end of the container and top wall of cabinet there is interposed as at 33 a duplicate ball bearing arrangement of that just described.

' As is obvious by this construction one of the rows of disk records held by the con tainer will be disposed within convenient reach and also the container, as a whole, will be supported for easy rotative movement.

It is believed from the foregoing descrip tion that the advantages arising from the present invention may be thoroughly understood.

It may be here mentioned that with the present container that a large number of records of any size may be supported within the cabinet of a phonograph and that each of the records are easily accessible.

Referring to Figure 6, l0 indicates a portion of a pocket disk, the pocket 41 of which has positioned therein a spring &2. The ends of the spring 42 engage with the outer ends of the pocket 41 and so held by the teeth 43. The purpose of the springis to permit a disk record of small diameter as at 4st to be supported in the pocket.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention it is to be understood that it am aware of the fact that the construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be cllanged by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention, as indicated by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A phonograph record container com prising in combination, a multiplicity of superposed disks disposed one upon the other, each disk being formed with a recess extending inwardly from the periphery thereof and adapted to accommodate a disk record.

2. A phonograph record container comprising in combination, a multiplicity of superposed disks, each disk being formed with a recess extending inwardly from the periphery thereof and adapted to accommodate a disk record, and said disk being arranged so that the recesses of adjacent disks are disposed apart and thus forming four vertical rows of receiving pockets for phonograph disk records.

3. A phonograph record container comprising in combination, a multiplicity of superposed disks, each disk being formed with a recess extending inwardly from the periphcry thereof and adapted to accommodate a disk record, means for securing together said disks in their superposed relation, the re maining peripheral edge of each disk having three insertions which are spaced 90 apart and adapted to facilitate the removal of the records from the pockets. i

4. A phonograph record container comprising in combination, a multiplicity of superposed disks, each disk being formed with a recess extending inwardly from the periphery thereof and adapted to accommodate a disk record, said disk being arranged so that the recesses of adjacent disks are disposed 90 apart and thus forming four vertical rows of receiving pockets for phonograph disk records, said disks by this arrangement causing three thicknesses there of to occur between each of the pockets occurring in the vertical row and thus providing a space upon which a label may be pasted for identifying a record therebeneath or above.

5. A phonograph record container comprising in combination, a multiplicity of superposed disks, each disk being formed with a recess extending inwardly from the periphery thereof and adapted to accommo date a disk record, said disk being arranged so that the recesses of adjacent disks are disposed 90 apart and thus forming four vertical rows of receiving pockets for phonograph disk records, and a frame adapted to clainpingly hold the said disks in their superposed relation.

G. A. phonograph record container com prising in combination, a multiplicity of superposed disks, each disk being formed with a recess extending inwardly from the periphery thereof and adapted to accommodate a disk record, said disk being arranged so that the recesses of adjustment disks are disposed 90 apart and thus forming four vertical rows of receiving pockets for phonograph disk records, a frame for clampingly holding the said disks in their superposed relation, a phonograpl'i cabinet within which the record container may be vertically disposed, and means for rotatably supporting said container.

7. A. phono aph record container comprising in com ination, a multiplicity of superposed disks, each disk being formed with a recess extending inwardly from the periphery thereof and adapted to accommodate a disk record, said disk being arranged so that the recesses of adjacent disks are disposed 90 apart and thus forming four vertical rows of receiving pockets for phonograph disk records, a frame for clampingly holding the said disks in their superposed relation, a phonograph cabinet Within Which the record container may be vertically disposed, means for rotatably supporting said container, and means whereby the container will be retained in position for presenting one of the rows of records held thereby to the forward side of the cabinet.

8. A phonograph record container, comprising in combination, a multiplicity of superposed plates disposed directly one upon the other and each plate having its marginal &

edge formed with a recess adapted to accommodate a disk record.

9. A phonograph record container, comprising in combination, a multiplicity of superposed plates disposed directly one upon the other and each plate having its marginal edge formed with a recess adapted to accommodate a disk record, and means for securing together said plates in their superposed relation.

10. A phonograph record container, comprising in combination, a multiplicity of su perposed plates disposed one upon the other, each plate being substantially equal in thick ness to the thickness of a phonograph rec- 0rd, and each plate having its marginal edge formed with a recess adapted to accommodate a phonograph record.

ANDREW GEORGE BLOCKER. 

